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Tell you that, coaches will tell you that. a good friend of mine who played in the national football league was talking the other day about several gay players on a very prominent nfl team and the attitude was, just as long as they help us win, we don't really care. again, what he was saying is keep the attention down. it's all about attention and i do believe that's the big thing going on here. a lot of the gay players don't want the attention even though it may be positive. >> so, there's that line, right, that you have to walk that you -- michael sam had to walk and made a decision one way....

That he has broken ground, paved a path. by the way, there are other straight nfl players who have really come out, many of them, in support of other gay athletes in professional sports and, you know, tried to make it easier for them. what do you think? do you think that this is going to lead to more of those gay players that michael sam talked about in the nfl coming forward? >> well, a couple things going on here. and first of all, although michael sam has been treated very fairly by the media and even the public, he has gotten a lot of attention. and let me tell you something, when it comes...

Terrence, michael sam spoke with oprah, a fascinating interview. let me play part and get your reaction on the other side. >> have other gay players in the nfl called you or contacted you? >> very few reached out to me. >> very few meaning one, two, three, four, five? >> very few -- >> okay. >> -- reached out to me and pretty much just showed me the gratitude and how they were thankful that i had the courage to, you know -- they wished that they had the courage to come out. >> gay men in the nfl. >> gay men in the nfl. >> reached out to you and called you. >> reached out to me, yes. and just s...

Don't want to? >> i think that is the wrong question. and i think that the better way to look at this is that whether you are talking about gay players or any kind of player or anything you want to assign to anybody, all these people, everybody is different. people got different mindsets. people got different ways that they can tolerate criticism or success or what have you, so you really can't put some kind of label on it and say that this person should do this and that person should do that. michael sam was uniquely built for this moment. just like -- you know, a lot of people don't like thi...

We'll have near term election, we'll have constitutional reform and that reflects the will of the ukrainian people and tint of the united states and europe. >> reporter: ambassador rice warned russia against intervening in ukraine saying it would be a grave mistake to take military action. t.j., back to you. >> thank you as always. turn now to new reaction today to college football star michael sam after he spoke to reporters for the first time since revealing he's gay. he's focusing anthony weekend's annual scouting combine and wants the media to focus on his athletic abilities instead of his...